1. HaYesod The Foundation Presented by: Juan Melendez
House of the Scriptures
First Fruit of Zion

2. Lesson IV Our Rabbi – His Teachings
Lesson Overview & Purpose
Yeshua as our rabbi. We want to understand and clarify some passages taken from the Gospel in which Christianity traditionally teaches that Yeshua was against Judaism and Torah is abolished. Yeshua DID NOT abolish the Torah. He walked among us as a Jewish rabbi, teaching the Torah, the kingdom of heaven.
Main Bible Verse:
Matthew 5:17-19
Main Points
Yeshua is Jewish and his name means “salvation”
Yeshua was a rabbi
Yeshua came to properly interpret the Torah; not to cancel or replace it
He did not teach against the Torah, Sabbath, or biblical dietary laws
Yeshua is the leaving Torah
Yeshua’s law of love does not replace the Torah

3. Lesson IV Our Rabbi – His Teachings
Yeshua - Jesus- Section 4.4
Is Jesus his original name?
No, “Jesus” is actually is an English transliteration of the Hebrew name “Yeshua”
The Hebrew name Yeshua means “salvation”
The name Jesus is not pagan origin. It comes from a translation into the Greek language Ιησονς (ee-YAY-soos)
The Septugiant (LXX) translates the Hebrew names Yehoshua and Yeshua as Iesous. The “oos” ending on Greek name indicates masculine subject
Christ (Christos) and Messiah (Mashiach) means exactly the same thing : Anointed One
Master & Rabi – Section 4.6
Jesus was a rabbi, because he was a teacher of the Torah.
The job of a rabbi is to teach and interpret the Tora
It was a title = to teacher; literally “my great one” or my honorable sir”
Torah made “Flesh”
John 1 says that the Word became flesh
“Word” was a Jewish term for “Torah”
Yeshua is the living Torah

4. Lesson IV Our Rabbi – His Teachings
Torah-Sermon on the Mount – Section 4.8
The discourse of the Sermon on the Mount does not overturn the Torah. Yeshua made fences around the commandment to keep the Torah from being broken.
Fulfill he Torah means to obey the Torah and teach it properly
For discussion:
What about His Sabbath conflicts with the Pharisees (Matthew 12:1-8)? 4.14
Loving God & Loving Neighbor – Section 4.17 (Matthew 22:40)
Yeshua summarized the Torah with two commandments:
To love God and to love your neighbor as yourself
Yeshua didn’t say that these two commandments replace the Torah
Instead, He said they are the greatest commandments on which the rest of the Torah hangs
Yeshua kept all commandments of the Torah.
He was a spotless lamb

5. Lesson IV Lesson Review – Q&A
“Yeshua” is the short Aramaic version of what common Hebrew name? What does the name mean? What does “Christ” mean? What does the word “rabbi" mean?
“Yeshua” is the short Aramaic version of Yehoshua (Joshua). Yehoshua means salvation